| 1 | = Building OSGeo Live DVD for FOSS4G 2010= |
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| 3 | 12 June 2010 |
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| 5 | We have started building this year's [http://live.osgeo.org OSGeo-Live DVD] which will be handed out to every delegate at FOSS4G 2010, as well as many other Geospatial events. |
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| 7 | This year, OSGeo-Live will be even sexier, more useful and professional by including: |
| 8 | * consistent [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Marketing_Artefacts#Application_Overview Application Overviews] |
| 9 | * Application [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Marketing_Artefacts#Application_Quick_Start Quick Starts] |
| 10 | * A common [http://www.naturalearthdata.com/ world dataset] |
| 11 | * An overview of all applications on the LiveDVD in a presentation at FOSS4G 2010 |
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| 13 | We want to hear from: |
| 14 | * Established GeoSpatial projects who wish to include their project in OSGeo-Live |
| 15 | * Workshop leaders or trainers who wish to use OSGeo-Live. We'd like to know how we can help you. |
| 16 | * Project representatives please: |
| 17 | ** Update application version in [http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdGIzd0VLLTBpQVJuNVlHMlBWSDhKLXc&hl=en_GB application spreadsheet] then update your test script to ensure it installs in Xubuntu 10.04. |
| 18 | ** Comment on whether our draft templates for [https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/doc/descriptions/postgis_overview.odt Project Overview] and [https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/doc/descriptions/gvsig_quick_start.odt Quick Start] fit your projects. |
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| 20 | == Milestones== |
| 21 | * 25 July 2010: Documentation template ready for use |
| 22 | * 5 July 2010: Feature freeze |
| 23 | * 2 August 2010: Final delivery for User Acceptance Test |
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| 25 | [http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdE1SYUN3YWJ2N1NpSUczbW9IRWZNclE&hl=en_GB ..more] |
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| 27 | == About OSGeo-Live== |
| 28 | OSGeo-live is an [http://xubuntu.org XUbuntu] based distribution of Geospatial Open Source Software, available via a Live DVD, Virtual Machine and soon to be released USB. You can use OSGeo-Live to try a wide variety of open source geospatial software without installing anything. |
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| 30 | == Contact Us?== |
| 31 | Website: http://live.osgeo.org |
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| 33 | Mailing List: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo |
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| 35 | or contact Cameron Shorter directly at: cameronD O TshorterATlisasoftD O Tcom. |